120s

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The 120s decade ran from January 1, 120, to December 31, 129.

Events

120

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121

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Roman Empire[edit]
Asia[edit]
  • Era name changes from Yongning (2nd year) to Jianguang in the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.

122

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Roman Empire[edit]
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  • Change of era name from Jianguang (2nd year) to Yanguang of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.

123

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Arts and sciences[edit]

124

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Roman Empire[edit]
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125

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Africa[edit]
  • Plague sweeps North Africa in the wake of a locust invasion that destroys large areas of cropland. The plague kills as many as 500,000 in Numidia and possibly 150,000 on the coast before moving to Italy, where it takes so many lives that villages and towns are abandoned.
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126

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Roman Empire[edit]
  • The old Pantheon is demolished by Emperor Hadrian, and the construction of a new one begins (its date is uncertain, because Hadrian chooses not to inscribe the temple).
Asia[edit]
  • First year of the Yongjian era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

127

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India[edit]

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Religion[edit]

128

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Roman Empire[edit]
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Arts and sciences[edit]

129

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Songs[edit]
  • The song "Angel's Hymn" is made.
Religion[edit]

Significant people[edit]

Births

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  • Apuleius, Numidian novelist, writer, public speaker (approximate date)

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Deaths

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References[edit]

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  6. ^ Peterson, Barbara Bennett (2016). Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-317-46372-6.
  7. ^ Asma, Stephen T. (2009). On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears. Oxford University Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780199745777.